Dhanasari
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Guru Amar DasDhanasariAng 665Dhanasari

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਚੇ ਕੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

prabh sāchē kī sāchī kār .

True is service to the True Lord God.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੪॥੪॥

nānak nām savāranahār .4.4.

O Nanak, the Naam is the Embellisher. ||4||4||

ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਤੀਜਾ ॥

dhanāsarī mahalā 3 tījā .

Dhanaasaree, Third Mehl:

ਜਗੁ ਮੈਲਾ ਮੈਲੋ ਹੋਇ ਜਾਇ ॥

jag mailā mailō hōi jāi .

The world is polluted, and those in the world become polluted as well.

ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇ ॥

āvai jāi dūjai lōbhāi .

In attachment to duality, it comes and goes.

ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਸਭ ਪਰਜ ਵਿਗੋਈ ॥

dūjai bhāi sabh paraj vigōī .

This love of duality has ruined the entire world.

ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਇ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥੧॥

manamukh chōtā khāi apunī pat khōī .1.

The self-willed manmukh suffers punishment, and forfeits his honor. ||1||

ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਜਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

gur sēvā tē jan niramal hōi .

Serving the Guru, one becomes immaculate.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਪਤਿ ਊਤਮ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

antar nām vasai pat ūtam hōi . rahāu .

He enshrines the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within, and his state becomes exalted. ||Pause||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥

guramukh ubarē har saranāī .

The Gurmukhs are saved, taking to the Lord's Sanctuary.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਈ ॥

rām nām rātē bhagat drirāī .

Attuned to the Lord's Name, they commit themselves to devotional worship.

ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਜਨੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪਾਏ ॥

bhagat karē jan vadiāī pāē .

The Lord's humble servant performs devotional worship, and is blessed with greatness.

ਸਾਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੨॥

sāch ratē sukh sahaj samāē .2.

Attuned to Truth, he is absorbed in celestial peace. ||2||

ਸਾਚੇ ਕਾ ਗਾਹਕੁ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋ ਜਾਣੁ ॥

sāchē kā gāhak viralā kō jān .

Know that one who purchases the True Name is very rare.

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥

gur kai sabad āp pashān .

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he comes to understand himself.

ਸਾਚੀ ਰਾਸਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਵਾਪਾਰੁ ॥

sāchī rās sāchā vāpār .

True is his capital, and true is his trade.

ਸੋ ਧੰਨੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੩॥

sō dhann purakh jis nām piār .3.

Blessed is that person, who loves the Naam. ||3||

ਤਿਨਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਇਕਿ ਸਚਿ ਲਾਏ ॥

tin prabh sāchai ik sach lāē .

God, the True Lord, has attached some to His True Name.

ਊਤਮ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥

ūtam bānī sabad sunāē .

They listen to the most sublime Word of His Bani, and the Word of His Shabad.

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